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alarmclock_setup.exe

OutBrowse

This is the OutBrowse Revenyou installer which bundles offers for additional third party applications that may be unwanted and installed without consent. The application alarmclock_setup.exe by OutBrowse has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OutBrowse Revenyou installer. The setup routine uses the RevenYou.Com Pay Per Install platform (OutBrowse) which bundles additional software offers inclduing toolbars, extensions, PC utilities as well as other PUPs.
Publisher:
OutBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2ca63726d086a4f7b9957423fa2fe361

SHA-1:
4e246d498c2b6ca289a339b7f204f292b5349c69

SHA-256:
362726e0d702c6e1dc290c896158c7a3ed52f138bf0e70f55f7d53312aef07e9

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 5:31:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
2013.12.23

AVG
MalSign.OutBrowse
2014.0.3617

Bkav FE
W32.Clodbf2.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.Genome.ukit
17483

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1664
9.0.1.0356

ESET NOD32
Win32/OutBrowse (variant)
7.9190

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/NSIS_OutBrowse
12/22/2013

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of pdfunlocker_setup.exe (Adware)
2013.12.28.12

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.174.10588

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.OutBrowse
14.0.0.4581

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Smart
v2013.12.22.07

McAfee
Artemis!A379386FFEEF
5600.7273

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OutBrowse.Q
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Generic PUA AI
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1120
7.2.356

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.OutBrowse
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
OutBrowse
24644

File size:
611.8 KB (626,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OutBrowse Revenyou (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\alarmclock_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OutBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/24/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OutBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=OutBrowse, L=Ramat Gan, S=Ramat Gan, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
56A6FE571611B68C9224798AD62913CA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mckKATBRmeN3F6z6b/WGSQ/zbU9wILgXPV9SO9LkHYEM0:mZ1muFk6b/fSn2d9dC4EM0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9772

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file alarmclock_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/45/21/.../alarmclock_setup.exe

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